Playa Waikiki, Puerto Cabello Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3598 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa Waikiki, Puerto Cabello, located 57 km away (35 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Playa Waikiki, Puerto Cabello blows from the ENE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa Waikiki, Puerto Cabello. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each July) and blows offshore just 6% of the time (2 days in an average July). During a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Playa Waikiki, Puerto Cabello

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